Meaning

11 senses
  1. (transitive)To hit with a club.

    He clubbed the poor dog.

    knüppeln

    битьbitʹ, ударя́тьudarjátʹ

    strike with a club or a bludgeon

  2. To score a victory over by a large margin.

  3. (intransitive)To join together to form a group.

    zusammenlegen

  4. (intransitive, transitive)To combine into a club-shaped mass.

    a medical condition with clubbing of the fingers and toes

    gather into a club-like mass

  5. (intransitive)To go to nightclubs.

    We went clubbing in Ibiza.

    When I was younger, I used to go clubbing almost every night.

  6. (intransitive)To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.

  7. (transitive)To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.

    to club the expense

  8. To drift in a current with an anchor out.

  9. To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.

  10. (transitive)To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.

    to club exertions

    unite with a common purpose

  11. (transitive)To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.

Examples

1065 sentences
  1. There are 50 members in the club.

    В клубі 50 членів. — ascolto

    ruВ клубе пятьдесят членов. — odexed

    deDer Club hat fünfzig Mitglieder. — Zaghawa

  2. I don't belong to any club.

    Я не належу до жодного клубу. — Anjy

    ruЯ не принадлежу ни к какому клубу. — Lili691

    deIch gehöre zu keinem Club. — pne

  3. What time does the club open?

    О котрій годині відчняється клуб? — deniko

    ruВо сколько открывается клуб? — sharptoothed

    deUm wie viel Uhr öffnet der Club? — al_ex_an_der

  4. She belongs to the tennis club.

    Вона член тенісного клубу. — ascolto

    ruОна состоит в теннисном клубе. — marafon

  5. I meet him at the club.

    Я зустріну його в клубі. — ascolto

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to hit with a club:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to hit with a club:
to join together to form a group:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto

Inherited from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, klumba (“cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clip, clasp; clump, lump; log, block”). Cognate with English clump, cloud, Latin globus, glomus; and perhaps related to Middle Low German kolve (“bulb”), German Kolben (“butt, bulb, club”).

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Forms

clubs, clubbing, clubbed, clubbed
Base formclub · to club
3rd person singularclubs
Present participleclubbing
Past simpleclubbed
Past participleclubbed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyclub
he, she, itclubs

Past simpleLesson

all personsclubbed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave clubbed
he, she, ithas clubbed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill club

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • strike with a club or a bludgeon:bludgeon

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • join our club
  • of our club
  • golf club
  • at the club
  • a golf club
  • of the club
  • join your club
  • tennis club
  • join the club
  • the tennis club
  • the golf club
  • of this club

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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